It is men’s nature to live together in families and tribes(部落), and cities and nations, and therefore men have learned to prize those qualities in each other which make social life the happiest and best.
Of these qualities one of the most important is sympathy－fellow-feeling. If a man had no fellow-feeling, we should call him “inhuman”; he would be no true man. We think so much of this quality that we call a kind man “human”－that is, man-like in his conduct, first to other men, and afterwards to all living things.
If you are cruel to animals, you are not likely to be kind or thoughtfull to men; and if you are thoughtful towards men, you are not likely to be cruel and thoughtful towards animals. This is why the wise man of old wrote, “The merciful man is merciful to his beast.”
What a pleasure it is also to be loved by our pets or domestic animals; and to feel that we are caring for them and are deserving of their love; or to watch the ways of wild creatures, and gradually to make friends with them!
Treating animals kindly does not mean that we must never inflict any pain on them. We ourselves are trained by pains as well as by pleasures; so too, punishment is sometimes needed to train our dogs and horses to obey us. We endure pains at the hands of the surgeon, to cure some wound or to heal some disease; so too, animals must submit to being doctored.
We send out our bravest men to face wounds, sickness and death, for the good of the nation; so too, we let our horses share the risk of battle. For similar reasons, we cannot hesitate to destroy dangerous creatures like wolves and show senseless ferocity(残忍). It is no excuse to say that these animals deserve to be treated cruelly on account of their own cruelty. They are not really cruel, for they tear and kill not from love of unkindness, but because they must do so in order to live.
【小题1】One of the most important qualities of men is fellow-feeling because      .

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       After graduation from a medical school, I began to take a job in a small hospital's emergency department．As the  36  member of the group, I had to work on Christmas Eve．

       At 9 pm, the ambulance  37  a man in his 60s who was having a heart attack．My patient was   38 , but I did my best．Eventually he  39   the night．

       The following year, still the newest member, I got Christmas Eve  40 again．At 9 pm sharp, I was told there was a  41   in the hall who wanted to speak with me．

       When I approached them, the man  42  himself as Levin and said, "you probably don't ' 43  me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my life．Thank you for the year you gave me．"He and his wife hugged me and handed me a small  44 and left, I was more than a little surprised and  45    ．

       The following year a new doctor joined the group  46   I volunteered for the shift because I wanted to see if the Levins would  47 ．

       I  48   the door．Once again, at   49  9 pm, the Levins appeared．We   50 and Levin said he'd come to see me every Christmas Eve, and that   51   he didn't come, I would know it just wasn't his year．

       The last year I saw him, he brought me a crystal bell engraved （雕刻） with a single word: Friendship．Levin   52   the next year．Now, my family, friends and I   53 that bell every Christmas Eve at exactly 9 pm and  54   to the man who didn't forget to bring me good   55 ．

A．hardest       B．youngest         C．best                D．newest

A．brought up  B．brought about        C．brought in           D．brought on

A．in debt     B．in vain             C．on end             D．in danger

A．survived    B．spent            C．won．             D．managed

A．watch         B．duty                    C．guard              D．greetings

A．couple       B．man               C．patient．            D．friend

A．regarded           B．treated           C．introduced          D．considered

A．understand  B．remember           C．cure               D．like

A．bell         B．gift                     C．packet              D．box

A．scared            B．interested                C．excited             D．moved

A．but              B．so                      C．and               D．or

A．return           B．come               C．recover            D．approach

A．gave an eye to  B．kept away from      C．kept an eye on       D．kept hold of

A．about           B．the same            C．very               D．exactly

A．calmed          B．separated           C．embraced           D．choked

A．unless     B．if                 C．until               D．though

A．passed by         B．passed away         C．passed off           D．passed out

A．ring            B．strike              C．hit                D．beat

A．cheer             B．drink              C．congratulate        D．offer

A．advice          B．work               C．holiday             D．wishes

I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place organized and arranged. Her room nicely accommodates not only her clothes and bric-a-brac(小摆设), but her ___36___ as well. I begin to accept that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___37___.
I ___38___ myself thinking of when I held her in the cradle of my arm, in the chair alongside my wife's hospital bed. One day old. So ___39___, so beautiful, so perfect, so ___40___ dependent on her new, ___41___ parents. Time marches relentlessly(不停地).
She looks up now, catching me ___42___ at her, causing her to say to her mother." Mom, Dad's looking at me ___43____”.
The last few days, I touch her arm, her face--- ___44___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___45___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___46___ with which to say it.
My ___47___ changed from the day I drove this child home from the hospital. I saw myself ___48___ that day, and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.
She says, “It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from school ___49___.” I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I am afraid somehow to speak and I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___50___.
I gaze into her eyes and ___51___to go. My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us. ___52___ do not. Maybe if I don't look, I can imagine that she really hasn't ___53___ ; I know that what she is embarking upon(开始) is exciting and wonderful. I remember what the world looked like to me ___54___ everything was new.
As I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is sore, and I realize that my life is ___55___ forever.

- John and I will celebrate our forties wedding anniversary next month.

- Oh, _________ !

A．cheer up          B．well done         C．go ahead          D．congratulations

–John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month.

--Oh, ________!

A．cheer up                              B．well done

C．go ahead                              D．congratulations